Gunner Ronald C Craddock

Ronald Clifford Craddock was the son of Arthur and Edith Craddock, of Walsall, Staffordshire. He enlisted in the Royal Artillery and volunteered for airborne forces.

Gunner Craddock successfully completed glider training and was posted to 4 Airlanding Anti-Tank Battery, Royal Artillery, and took part in Operation Overlord (Normandy).

Gnr Craddock was killed in action on 13 June 1944, aged 28, and was buried in Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France.

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